The recent nominations of Ursula van de Leyen and Christine Lagarde to two of the most powerful positions in the EU have been widely hailed as proof that women are finally conquering the pinnacles of power, be it in politics or boardrooms.

Following the change of mind that is taking place in many jurisdictions around the world, Belgium is gradually taking steps relating to the production and research into cannabis products for medicinal purposes.

Historically, there has been a distinction in Belgian labor law between blue-collar workers and the white-collar workers based on whether they performed manual or intellectual labor (articles 2 and 3 of the Act of 3 July 1978 on employment contracts

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